JP6141955B2 - Mail service providing apparatus, mail service providing method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mail service providing apparatus, a mail service providing method, and a program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a mail service providing apparatus and a mail service providing method that allow an image attached to a mail to be normally provided to a user. .

  Generally, electronic mail, that is, E-mail (electronic mail) is a personal communication method in which writing and various information are exchanged between computer users using a computer communication network. Recently, however, wireless communication technology has been rapidly developed, and various additional services have been developed in addition to the existing mobile communication services. In particular, through the development of network convergence and mobile devices, mobile Internet terminals E-mail services have become possible via mobile terminals such as smart terminals, PDAs (personal digital assistants), and mobile phones.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a mail service in which an image attached to a mail is normally provided to a user.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a mail service for separately backing up an attached image so that the image attached to the mail can be normally provided to the user even after a predetermined time has elapsed. And

According to embodiments of the present invention, the mail service providing apparatus for providing one or more mail to be received in one or more registered users, a mail viewing request receiving unit that receives a mail viewing request for mail, before Symbol an image state determining section for determining whether the image accompanying mail, the result of determination of the presence or absence of the attachment, before if texture Lumpur is attached a first image, the first included in the email An image loading determination unit that determines whether or not the first image that can be loaded exists based on information about the image, and if the first image that can be loaded does not exist , the identification information about the mail or the an image search section which searches the second image in the database that conforms to the image information included in the first image, of the search results, before Mail is so as to attach the second image, before and mail providing unit which provides a texture Lumpur may contain.

In the present embodiment, the mail provider, if the loading is possible the first image is present, before providing the texture Lumpur, the mail service providing apparatus, the first image, before texture And an image backup unit that stores the information in the database in association with the identification information on the image or the image information included in the first image.

  In this embodiment, the image backup unit further includes a backup presence / absence determination unit that determines whether or not the same image as the first image is stored in the database. As a result, when the same image as the first image is already stored, the first image may not be stored in the database.

In the present embodiment, the information about the first image includes the first image origination information, and the image loading determination unit is capable of loading to the connection destination indicated by the first image origination information. It may be determined whether or not exists .

In the mail service providing method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the mail service providing apparatus receives a mail browsing request for the received mail, determines whether or not an image of the mail is attached, and determines the presence or absence of the attachment. When the first image is attached to the mail, it is determined whether there is the first image that can be loaded based on information about the first image included in the mail, and the loading is possible . If the first image does not exist, a second image matching the identification information about the mail or the image information included in the first image is searched in a database, and as a result of the search, the mail detects the second image. Providing the email as an attachment may also be included.

The present embodiment provides the mail when the first image that can be loaded exists , and associates the first image with identification information about the mail or image information included in the first image. And storing in the database.

  In the present embodiment, storing the first image in the database further includes determining whether the same image as the first image is stored in the database. As a result, when the same image as the first image is already stored, the first image may not be stored in the database.

In the present embodiment, the information about the first image includes the origination information of the first image, and determining whether the first image exists is the connection destination indicated by the origination information of the first image It may be determined by checking whether the first image that can be loaded exists .

  The program according to the embodiment of the present invention causes a computer to execute any one of the mail service providing methods according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In addition, other methods, other systems for implementing the present invention, and computer-readable recording media for recording programs for executing the methods are further provided.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mail service in which an image attached to a mail is normally provided to the user.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mail service for separately backing up an attached image so that the image attached to the mail is normally provided to the user even after a predetermined time has elapsed. .

1 is a diagram illustrating a mail service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating a mail service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a mail service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the screen provided to the user terminal by the mail service providing method. It is a block diagram which shows the mail service provision apparatus and user terminal by other embodiment of this invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications, and may have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and will be described in detail in the detailed description. The effects, features, and methods of achieving the same of the present invention will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, and may be embodied in various forms.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. When describing with reference to the drawings, the same or corresponding components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and The duplicate description of is omitted.

  In the following embodiments, terms such as “first” and “second” are not limited, but are used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component.

  In the following embodiments, the singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

  In the following embodiments, terms such as “comprising” or “having” mean that a feature or component described in the specification is present, and one or more other features or configurations It does not exclude the possibility of adding elements in advance.

  Where an embodiment can be implemented differently, a particular process order may be performed even if different from the order described. For example, two steps that are described in succession may be performed substantially simultaneously and may proceed in the opposite order as described.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a mail providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a mail providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a mail service providing apparatus 100, user terminals 200 and 300, and a communication network 400.

  The mail service providing apparatus 100 is an apparatus that stores and manages received mails for one or more registered users, and provides mail services to the users. The mail service providing apparatus 100 receives mails with the registered users as recipients, The received mail is stored in a database, and the received mail is provided to the user's terminal at the request of the registered user.

  The mail service providing apparatus 100 includes the database for storing and managing the image attached to the mail in association with the identification information of the mail and the image information, so that the image attached to the mail is normally loaded by the user. The

  If the image attached to the email is an image stored on an external hosting server, the image will not load properly if the external hosting server is inactive or not operating anymore. There was a problem. The mail service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention solves the problem that an image provided from an external hosting server is not normally loaded by separately storing and managing an image attached to an e-mail. To load correctly.

  Here, the database may be provided in a separate device that is physically separated, or may be provided in the same device.

  The plurality of user terminals 200 and 300 mean communication terminals that can use a web service in a wired or wireless communication environment. Here, the user terminals 200 and 300 are also user personal computers 201 and 301 or user portable terminals 202 and 302. In FIG. 1, the portable terminals 202 and 302 are illustrated as smartphones, but the idea of the present invention is not limited thereto. As described above, an application capable of web browsing is used. If it is an on-board terminal, it applies without restriction.

  In more detail, user terminals 200, 300 can be a computer (eg, desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), a media computing platform (eg, cable, satellite set-top box, digital video recorder), handheld The invention may include any form of computing device (eg, personal digital assistant (PDA), email client, etc.), mobile phone, or other type of computer, or communication platform, It is not limited to them.

  On the other hand, the communication network 400 serves to connect the plurality of user terminals 200 and 300 and the mail service providing apparatus 100. That is, the communication network 400 means a communication network that provides a connection path so that data is transmitted and received after the user terminals 200 and 300 are connected to the mail service providing apparatus 100. The communication network 400 is, for example, a wired network such as a local area networks (LAN), a wide area networks (WAN), a metropolitan area networks (MAN), an integrated service digital networks (ISDN), a wireless LAN, or a code division multiple (CDMA). wireless network such as access), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and satellite communication can be covered, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the mail service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 2, a mail service providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, a database 140, a mail browsing request receiving unit 130, an image presence / absence determining unit 131, an image loading determining unit 132, An image search unit 133, a mail providing unit 134, and an image backup unit 135 are included.

  The mail browsing request receiving unit 130 receives a mail browsing request for the first mail from the user terminal. Here, the mail browsing request is a mail browsing request for the received first mail, and information for identifying the first mail, for example, a message ID (HYPERLINK "http://dic.nicovideo.jp/ a / ide "ideHYPERLINK" http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/nt"ntHYPERLINK "http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/if"ifHYPERLINK" http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/ ic "icHYPERLINK" http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/ati "ation). The mail service providing apparatus 100 can select the mail requested to be browsed among the received mails based on the information for identifying the first mail included in the mail browsing request from the user terminal.

  The image presence / absence determination unit 131 can determine whether an image is attached to the first mail corresponding to the mail browsing request. The image presence / absence determination unit 131 analyzes and scans a header, a body, an index (index), and the like included in the first mail, and determines whether an image is attached to the mail. can do.

  The image loading determination unit 132 can determine whether the image attached to the mail can be loaded. Here, whether or not the attached image can be loaded, whether or not the attached image can be brought, whether or not the attached image can be normally displayed, etc. Is judged through. In addition, the image loading determination unit 132 may determine whether or not the attached image can be loaded by determining whether or not the information regarding the image attached to the first mail is valid. it can. Here, the information related to the image attached to the first mail may include the origination information of the attached image. That is, the image loading determination unit 132 determines whether the image origination information attached to the e-mail is information on a device that can be connected at present, thereby loading the image attached to the first e-mail. It can be determined whether or not. In another embodiment, the image loading determination unit 132 is connected to the attached image origination information, that is, the URL (uniform resource locator), and whether or not the image attached to the first mail exists. By checking, it can be determined whether or not the image can be loaded.

  If the first image is not loaded as a result of the determination by the image loading determination unit 132 as to whether or not loading is possible, the image search unit 133 matches the identification information about the first mail or the image information included in the first image. The second image can be searched in a database. Here, the second image is substantially the same as the first image, but is an image physically stored in the database. Therefore, in order to distinguish from the first image, the second image is clearly indicated.

  As a result of the search by the image search unit 133, the mail providing unit 134 can provide the first mail to the user terminal such that the first mail attaches the second image. When the first image attached to the first mail, which is a mail for which a user has requested to view the mail, is not loaded normally, the mail service providing apparatus 100 is stored in a database that stores and manages the image attached to the mail. Of the images, the same image as the first image can be retrieved, and the retrieved image can be attached to the first mail and provided to the user terminal.

  In another embodiment, the mail service providing apparatus 100 may send the first mail without searching for an image when the image attached to the first mail is loaded via the image loading determination unit 132. Provide to the user terminal. In that case, the mail service providing apparatus 100 may further include an image backup unit 135 that backs up the first image attached to the first mail. The image backup unit 135 stores the first image attached to the first mail normally provided to the user terminal in the database. The image backup unit 135 may further include a backup presence / absence determining unit that determines whether the same image as the first image is stored in the database.

  The communication unit 120 connects the mail service providing apparatus 100 and the user terminals 200 and 300 via a communication network, and executes a data transmission / reception function between them.

  The control unit 110 plays a role of inputting various commands or operations from an administrator or user of the mail service providing apparatus 100 and displays a screen on a display unit (not shown) of the mail service providing apparatus 100. .

  The database 140 may be included in the mail service providing apparatus 100 or provided in a separate external device to store and manage received mail, and separately store and manage images attached to the received mail. it can.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a mail service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the mail service providing method according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a mail browsing request step (S110), an image attachment presence / absence determination step (S120), an image loading availability determination step (S130), and an image search step ( S140), a mail provision stage (S150, S160), and an image backup stage (S170).

  In S110, the mail service providing apparatus 100 receives a mail browsing request for the first mail from the user terminals 200 and 300. Here, the mail browsing request is a request for browsing the received first mail, and may include information for identifying the first mail, such as a message ID. In S110, the mail service providing apparatus 100 can select the mail requested to be browsed among the received mails based on the information for identifying the first mail included in the mail browsing request from the user terminal.

  In S120, the mail service providing apparatus 100 can determine whether an image is attached to the first mail corresponding to the mail browsing request. In S120, the mail service providing apparatus can analyze and scan the header, body, index, and the like included in the first mail, and determine whether an image is attached to the mail.

  In S130, the mail service providing apparatus 100 can determine whether or not the image attached to the mail can be loaded. Here, whether or not the attached image can be loaded means whether or not the attached image can be brought in, and whether or not the attached image can be displayed normally. It is determined based on the above. In S130, the mail service providing apparatus 100 determines whether the information related to the image attached to the first mail is valid, so that the image attached to the first mail can be loaded. It can also be determined whether or not. Here, the information related to the image attached to the first mail may include the origination information of the attached image. That is, in S130, the mail service providing apparatus 100 determines whether or not the image origination information attached to the mail is information related to the currently connectable apparatus, and is attached to the first mail. It can be determined whether the image can be loaded. In another embodiment, in step S130, the mail service providing apparatus 100 connects to the origination information of the attached image, that is, the URL, and confirms whether or not the image attached to the first mail exists. Thus, it can be determined whether or not the image can be loaded.

  In S140, if the first image is not loaded as a result of determining whether loading is possible, the mail service providing apparatus 100 matches the identification information about the first mail or the image information included in the first image. Two images can be searched in the database. Here, the second image is substantially the same as the first image, but is an image physically stored in the database. Therefore, in order to distinguish from the first image, the second image is clearly indicated.

  In S150, the mail service providing apparatus 100 can provide the first mail to the user terminal by attaching the second image to the first mail as a result of the search for the second image.

  When the image attached to the first mail is loaded through the image loading determination unit, the mail service providing apparatus 100 provides the first mail to the user terminal without searching for the image (S160). ). In this case, the mail service providing apparatus 100 may further include an image backup step (S170) for backing up the first image attached to the first mail. In S170, the mail service providing apparatus 100 stores the first image attached to the first mail normally provided to the user terminal in the database.

  FIG. 4 is an example of a mail providing screen provided by the mail service providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  When the image attached to the mail cannot be loaded, the general mail service providing apparatus provides a screen as shown in FIG. 4A to the user terminal. However, the mail service according to the embodiment of the present invention is used. As shown in FIG. 4B, the providing apparatus 100 can search for an image that cannot be loaded, attach the searched image, and provide it to the user terminal.

  FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a mail service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 5, a mail service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a second mail service providing apparatus 500 and a user terminal 200. Here, like the mail service providing apparatus 100, the second mail service providing apparatus 500 can execute a function for receiving / receiving an e-mail of the user terminal 200. What is the mail service providing apparatus 100? There are differences in the components involved. The mail service providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a mail service providing apparatus 100 or a second mail service providing apparatus 500 for sending / receiving electronic mail (E-mail) of a user terminal.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, in order to implement another embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 200 includes a control unit 210, a communication unit 230, a user interface unit 220, a mail browsing input unit 240, an image presence / absence determination. A unit 241, an image loading determination unit 242, an image request unit 243, and a mail providing unit 244 may be included. In addition, the user terminal 200 may store an application embodied to execute the operations of the mail browsing input unit 240, the image presence / absence determination unit 241, the image loading determination unit 242, the image request unit 243, and the mail provision unit 244. it can.

  The mail browsing input unit 240 receives a browsing request for the first mail among mails received from the user. Here, the mail browsing request is a request for mail browsing with respect to the received first mail, and may include information for identifying the first mail, such as a message ID.

  The image presence / absence determination unit 241 can determine whether an image is attached to the first mail corresponding to the mail browsing request. The image presence / absence determination unit 241 can analyze and scan a header, a body, an index, and the like included in the first mail, and determine whether an image is attached to the mail.

  The image loading determination unit 242 can determine whether the image attached to the mail can be loaded. Here, whether or not the attached image can be loaded means whether or not the attached image can be brought in, and whether or not the attached image can be displayed normally. Judgment is taken into account. The image loading determination unit 242 may determine whether the attached image can be loaded by determining whether information about the image attached to the first mail is valid. it can. Here, the information related to the image attached to the first mail may include the origination information of the attached image. That is, the image loading determination unit 242 determines whether the image origination information attached to the mail is information regarding a device that can be connected to the current mail, thereby loading the image attached to the first mail. It can be determined whether or not. In another embodiment, the image loading determination unit 242 connects to the output information of the attached image, i.e., the URL, and confirms whether the image attached to the first mail exists. It can be determined whether the image can be loaded.

  The image request unit 243 transmits a request for an image that cannot be loaded among the images attached to the first mail to the mail service providing apparatus 500.

  The mail providing unit 244 includes the image received from the mail service providing apparatus 500 and displays the first mail.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the second mail service providing apparatus 500 may include a control unit 510), a communication unit 520, an image request receiving unit 530, an image search unit 531, and an image providing unit 532.

  The image request reception unit 530 receives a request for an image attached to an email from the user terminal 200.

  In response to the request for the image attached to the e-mail, the image search unit 531 can search the database for identification information related to the first e-mail or a second image that matches the image information included in the first image. . Here, the second image is substantially the same as the first image, but is an image physically stored in the database. Therefore, in order to distinguish from the first image, the second image is clearly indicated.

  The image providing unit 532 transmits the second image to the user terminal 200 as a response to the image request.

  The embodiment according to the present invention described above is embodied in the form of a computer program executed via various components on a computer, and such a computer program is recorded on a computer-readable medium. Is done. At this time, the medium is a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk (registered trademark) and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as a CD (compact disc) -ROM (read only memory) and a DVD (digital versatile disc), Specially to store and execute magneto-optical media such as floptical disks and program instructions such as ROM, random access memory (RAM) and flash memory A hardware device configured as described above may be included. Furthermore, the medium includes an intangible medium embodied in a form that can be transmitted on a network, and is also a medium that is embodied in a software form or an application form and can be transmitted and distributed via the network.

  On the other hand, the computer program may be one specially designed and configured for the present invention or one that is known and usable by those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of the computer program include not only machine language code created by a compiler but also high-level language code executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The particular method of execution described in the present invention is an embodiment and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way. For the sake of brevity, the description of the conventional electronic configuration, control system, software, and other functional aspects of the system is omitted. In addition, the line connection or connection member between the components illustrated in the drawings exemplifies functional connection and / or physical or circuit connection, and in an actual apparatus, It is shown as various functional connections, physical connections or circuit connections that can be substituted or added. Further, unless there is a specific reference such as “essential” or “importantly”, it may not necessarily be a necessary component for the application of the present invention.
In the specification (especially the claims) of the present invention, the use of the term “above” and similar indicating terms may apply to either the singular or the plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes an invention to which individual values belonging to the range are applied (unless there is a description contrary to that), and the range is included in the detailed description of the invention. Each individual value is as described. Finally, unless explicitly stated in the order of steps constituting the method according to the invention, or vice versa, the steps are performed in an appropriate order. The present invention is not necessarily limited by the description order of each stage. In the present invention, the use of all examples or exemplary terms (eg, etc.) is merely for the purpose of describing the present invention in detail, and is not limited by the claims. The scope of the present invention is not limited by these. Moreover, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is constituted by design conditions and factors within the scope of the appended claims or various equivalents to which various modifications, combinations, and changes are added.

The mail service providing apparatus, method and computer program of the present invention can be effectively applied to, for example, a technical field related to personal communication.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mail service provision system 100 Mail service provision apparatus 110 Communication part 120,210,510 Control part 140 Database 130 Mail browsing request receiving part 131,241 Image presence determination part 132,242 Image loading judgment part 133,531 Image search part 134, 532 Mail providing unit 135 Image backup unit 200, 300 User terminal 201, 301 User personal computer 220 User interface 202, 302 User portable terminal 230, 520 Communication unit 240 Mail browsing input unit 243 Image request unit 400 Communication network 500 Second mail service providing device 530 Image request receiving unit

Claims (9)

In a mail service providing apparatus that provides one or more emails received by one or more registered users,
A mail viewing request receiving unit that receives a mail viewing request for mail,
An image state determining section for determining whether the image attached before texture Lumpur,
The attachment of the presence or absence of the determination result, before if texture Lumpur is attached a first image, loading the first image is present can be based on the first image information on included in the mail An image loading determination unit for determining whether or not
An image search unit that searches the database for a second image that matches the identification information about the mail or the image information included in the first image when the first image that can be loaded does not exist ;
Results of the search, as before Symbol mail to attach the second image, and the front mail providing unit which provides a texture Lumpur,
A mail service providing device including: The mail providing unit
When said loading is present the first image possible, before providing texture Lumpur,
The mail service providing device includes:
The first image, before texture Lumpur related to identification information or in correspondence with the first image information contained in the image, to claim 1, further comprising an image backup unit for storing in the database The mail service providing apparatus described. The image backup unit
A backup presence / absence determining unit for determining whether the same image as the first image is stored in the database;
The mail according to claim 2, wherein if the same image as the first image is already stored as a result of the determination by the backup presence / absence determining unit, the first image is not stored in the database. Service providing device. The information about the first image includes origin information of the first image,
The image loading determination unit
Mail service providing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that determining whether the first image the capable loading the destination indicated by the origin information of the first image is present. The mail service providing device
Receive email viewing request for received email,
Determine whether the email image is attached,
As a result of determining whether or not there is an attachment, whether or not there is the first image that can be loaded based on information about the first image included in the email when the email attaches a first image . Judging
If the first image that can be loaded does not exist , the database is searched for a second image that matches the identification information about the mail or the image information included in the first image,
As a result of the search, providing the email such that the email attaches the second image;
E-mail service provision method including. If the first image capable of loading is present , providing the email;
6. The mail service provision according to claim 5, further comprising: storing the first image in correspondence with identification information about the mail or image information included in the first image and storing the first image in the database. Method. Storing the first image in the database further includes determining whether the same image as the first image is stored in the database;
7. The mail service providing method according to claim 6, wherein if the same image as the first image is already stored as a result of the determination, the first image is not stored in the database. The information about the first image includes origin information of the first image,
Determining whether the first image exists includes
6. The mail service providing method according to claim 5, wherein the determination is made by confirming whether or not the first image that can be loaded exists at the connection destination indicated by the first image source information.   A program for causing a computer to execute the mail service providing method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.